Leviticus 24:2
in Leviticus 24“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
KJV
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
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This verse in Leviticus 24
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Command the children of Israel--This is the repetition of a law previously given (Ex 27:20, 21). pure oil olive beaten--or cold-drawn, which is always of great purity. Aaron shall order it from the evening unto the morning--The daily presence of the priests was necessary to superintend the cleaning and trimming.
This site's exposition
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying
on Leviticus 24:1-4
The lamp and the loaves sit between the yearly feasts of chapter 23 and the sabbath years of chapter 25, and both of them run continually. Exodus 27:20-21 gave this instruction first, and Leviticus repeats it here as a standing charge laid on the whole nation rather than on the priesthood alone. The people beat the olives and bring the oil, Aaron sets the lamps in order from evening to morning, so the light inside the tent burns on what the congregation supplies.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
To cause the lamps to burn - Hebrew. the lamp: yet ver. 4, it is the lamps: The seven lamps made all one lamp. In allusion to which, the Blessed Spirit is represented, Rev. iv, 5, by seven lamps of fire before the throne. For there are diversities of gifts, but one spirit.
), and this, as every thing else that was to be used in God's service, must be of the best, pure olive-oil, beaten, probably it was double-strained. This was to cause the lamps to burn; all our English copies read it lamps, but in the original it is singular in
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Command the children of Israel,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Pure oil olive - See every thing relative to this ordinance explained on Exo 27:20, Exo 27:21 (note).
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| צַ֞ו | tzav | command | H6680 → | 494 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וְיִקְח֨וּ | veyikchu | so they may bring | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֵלֶ֜יךָ | ʾeleikha | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| שֶׁ֣מֶן | shemen | oil of | H8081 → | 193 times |
| זַ֥יִת | zayit | olive[s] | H2132 → | |
| זָ֛ךְ | zakh | pure | H2134 → | |
| כָּתִ֖ית | katit | pressed | H3795 → | |
| לַמָּא֑וֹר | lamaor | for the light | H3974 → | |
| לְהַעֲלֹ֥ת | lehaalot | to lift up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| נֵ֖ר | ner | a lamp | H5216 → | |
| תָּמִֽיד׃ | tamid | continually | H8548 → | 104 times |
צַ֞וcommand
tzavH6680 →494 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וְיִקְח֨וּso they may bring
veyikchuH3947 →966 times
אֵלֶ֜יךָto you
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
שֶׁ֣מֶןoil of
shemenH8081 →193 times
זַ֥יִתolive[s]
zayitH2132 →
זָ֛ךְpure
zakhH2134 →
כָּתִ֖יתpressed
katitH3795 →
לַמָּא֑וֹרfor the light
lamaorH3974 →
לְהַעֲלֹ֥תto lift up
lehaalotH5927 →890 times
נֵ֖רa lamp
nerH5216 →
תָּמִֽיד׃continually
tamidH8548 →104 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
it leads to
- John 12:46
I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
- John 9:5
While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
- John 12:35
Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the…
- Matthew 5:14
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
- John 1:4–9
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
- John 12:46
Through
2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of…
it leads to
- Isaiah 60:2
For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.
- Genesis 1:3
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
- 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Isaiah 60:2
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.